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Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

Posted by Taylor Smith
|Date: December 01, 2022
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Missouri Executes Man Despite Findings that Racism Contributed to His Conviction and Sentence

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special prosecutor that rac ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor St. Louis, MO – Despite a finding by a special prosecutor that racism was a "decisive factor" in Kevin Johnson's death sentence and that it should be vacated, he ...

December 01, 2022
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Congressional Representatives Bush and Cleaver Urge Missouri Governor to Grant Clemency to Death Row Inmate Kevin Johnson

Posted by Daniella Dueñas
|Date: November 28, 2022
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Congressional Representatives Bush and Cleaver Urge Missouri Governor to Grant Clemency to Death Row Inmate Kevin Johnson

By Daniella Dueñas and Caleigh Carlisle WASHINGTON, DC - Since Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01) assumed office in C ...

By Daniella Dueñas and Caleigh Carlisle WASHINGTON, DC - Since Rep. Cori Bush (MO-01) assumed office in Congress, she has led the battle against the continued use of capital punishment and urged lawma ...

November 28, 2022
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Oklahoma Executes Richard Fairchild after Emergency Stay Motion Fails

Posted by Daniella Dueñas
|Date: November 18, 2022
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Oklahoma Executes Richard Fairchild after Emergency Stay Motion Fails

By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng MCALESTER, OK – Richard Fairchild, one of many others awaiting death in Ok ...

By Taylor Smith and Alyssa Eng MCALESTER, OK – Richard Fairchild, one of many others awaiting death in Oklahoma, was executed Thursday for the torture slaying of his girlfriend's three-year-old son in ...

November 18, 2022
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Governor’s Mansion ‘Don’t Kill for Me’ Demonstration Protest Scheduled for Thursday Oklahoma Execution of Brain-Damaged Richard Fairchild

Posted by Leslie Acevedo
|Date: November 16, 2022
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Governor’s Mansion ‘Don’t Kill for Me’ Demonstration Protest Scheduled for Thursday Oklahoma Execution of Brain-Damaged Richard Fairchild

By Paloma Sifuentes and Leslie Acevedo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK: The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Pen ...

By Paloma Sifuentes and Leslie Acevedo OKLAHOMA CITY, OK: The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty asked the public to join them in a demonstration in protest of the scheduled execution of ...

November 16, 2022
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Two Capital Cases in Riverside County Challenged under CA Racial Justice Act

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|Date: November 02, 2022
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Two Capital Cases in Riverside County Challenged under CA Racial Justice Act

By Alyssa Eng RIVERSIDE, CA – Two individuals in Riverside County are challenging prosecutors’ decisions ...

By Alyssa Eng RIVERSIDE, CA – Two individuals in Riverside County are challenging prosecutors’ decisions to seek the death penalty, using the California Racial Justice Act. As of 2020, the CRJA allows ...

November 02, 2022
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Looking Back: Opposing the Death Penalty before the Connecticut State Legislature

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|Date: October 23, 2022
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Looking Back: Opposing the Death Penalty before the Connecticut State Legislature

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

October 23, 2022
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Advocates Urge Newsom to End ‘The Other Death Penalty’ of LWOP

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|Date: October 11, 2022
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Advocates Urge Newsom to End ‘The Other Death Penalty’ of LWOP

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - On the heels of a United Nations complaint submitted September 1 ...

Special to the Vanguard Sacramento, CA - On the heels of a United Nations complaint submitted September 15 calling for the abolition of “Death by Incarceration” sentencing across the United States, th ...

October 11, 2022
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Looking Back: United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Part 2

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|Date: September 25, 2022
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Looking Back: United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Part 2

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

September 25, 2022
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Guest Commentary: What a Dying Mouse Taught Me about the Death Penalty

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|Date: September 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: What a Dying Mouse Taught Me about the Death Penalty

I thought about compassionately ending a mouse’s life. Then I realized I didn’t want that decision on my ...

I thought about compassionately ending a mouse’s life. Then I realized I didn’t want that decision on my conscience. by Jeffrey McKee There was a recent rodent infestation at my prison. Mice had chewe ...

September 23, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Life without Parole Is America’s Hidden Death Penalty

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|Date: September 22, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Life without Parole Is America’s Hidden Death Penalty

The 18-year-old who committed his horrible crime is dead. I’m now a 40-year-old seeking redemption by Bra ...

The 18-year-old who committed his horrible crime is dead. I’m now a 40-year-old seeking redemption by Brandon J. Baker To understand life without the possibility of parole (LWOP), we must acknowledge ...

September 22, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Sinister and Racist Practice Infecting Death Penalty Juries

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|Date: August 31, 2022
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Guest Commentary: The Sinister and Racist Practice Infecting Death Penalty Juries

“Death qualification” is yet another way prosecutors stack the odds against Black defendants and in favor ...

“Death qualification” is yet another way prosecutors stack the odds against Black defendants and in favor of capital punishment. By Brian Stull and Henderson Hill Every person accused of a crime is en ...

August 31, 2022
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Looking Back: Wrongful Conviction Thoughts Following Thanksgiving 2009 – Part 1

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|Date: August 28, 2022
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Looking Back: Wrongful Conviction Thoughts Following Thanksgiving 2009 – Part 1

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

By Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

August 28, 2022
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Kosoul Chanthakoummane Faces Execution in Texas Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt

Posted by Ariel Peterson
|Date: August 24, 2022
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Kosoul Chanthakoummane Faces Execution in Texas Despite Lack of Evidence of Guilt

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX—Kosoul Chanthakoummane is scheduled to be executed in Texas on ...

By Ariel Peterson AUSTIN, TX—Kosoul Chanthakoummane is scheduled to be executed in Texas on Aug. 17, 2022, despite significant doubt with his conviction due to its reliance on faulty and ...

August 24, 2022
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Progressive Los Angeles District Attorney Gascón Reaffirms Opposition to Death Penalty

Posted by Amy Berberyan
|Date: August 01, 2022
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Progressive Los Angeles District Attorney Gascón Reaffirms Opposition to Death Penalty

By Amy Berberyan and Jazmine Colon LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón sparked ...

By Amy Berberyan and Jazmine Colon LOS ANGELES, CA – Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón sparked controversy here last week after reaffirming his position against the death penalty—citing raci ...

August 01, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 145: UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe

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|Date: July 18, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 145: UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe

UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe has had an interesting experience - born in Nigeria, grew up in Texas, a ...

UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe has had an interesting experience - born in Nigeria, grew up in Texas, and came to California for law school. After law school she worked doing death penalty work wit ...

July 18, 2022
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Report by DPIC Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct Implicated in More than 550 Death Penalty Reversals or Exonerations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2022
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Report by DPIC Finds Prosecutorial Misconduct Implicated in More than 550 Death Penalty Reversals or Exonerations

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An analysis released last week by the Death Penalty Information Ce ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor An analysis released last week by the Death Penalty Information Center found prosecutorial misconduct at the center of reversals and exonerations of those on dea ...

July 05, 2022
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Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip Files Motion for Post-Conviction Relief

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|Date: July 02, 2022
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Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip Files Motion for Post-Conviction Relief

Special to the Vanguard Oklahoma City, OK – Last month, a report released from the state legislature conc ...

Special to the Vanguard Oklahoma City, OK – Last month, a report released from the state legislature concluded in the mind of many, including Republican legislators, that Richard Glossip was wrongly c ...

July 02, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Civilized Californians Will Continue Anti-Capital Punishment Fight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Civilized Californians Will Continue Anti-Capital Punishment Fight

By Stephen Cooper The biggest lie about Proposition 66, California’s poorly drafted new death penalty law ...

By Stephen Cooper The biggest lie about Proposition 66, California’s poorly drafted new death penalty law — only missing another “6” in numbering to be properly identified as the devil’s spawn — is sp ...

June 21, 2022
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Republican Legislator in Oklahoma Proclaims Glossip to Be an Innocent Man on Death Row, Following Investigative Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2022
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Republican Legislator in Oklahoma Proclaims Glossip to Be an Innocent Man on Death Row, Following Investigative Report

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma City, OK – If there was any doubt that Richard Glossip wa ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma City, OK – If there was any doubt that Richard Glossip was wrongly convicted and sentenced to die in Oklahoma, the report released on Wednesday and the ...

June 16, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty, hosted a webinar on Tuesday featuring a discussion on the dea ...

June 15, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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